title: Successful repair of flayed tissue in a degloving injury of the hand by arteriovenous anastomosis.
abstract: We report the case of a 43-year-old man who had a degloving injury of the left hand from a printer machine. There was no response to a pin prick test over the peripheral portion of the degloved skin, so a branch of a digital artery was selected for anastomosis to a subcutaneous vein, which resulted in survival of the degloved tissue with no signs of congestion. Postoperative care and rehabilitation were straightforward, and functional results.were satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Shinpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Hiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hyakusoku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation
keywords: Degloving; arterial-venous shunt; arterialisation; microsurgery; reconstruction; trauma